KMac;

I know I am scared to death of the "baggers" that support Kevin Calvey in OK's 5th district. Even his commercials are pretty scary! Yikes!!!!

Mac where have you been? I've been waiting for you. Haven't heard from you in a few days. Good to know that you are still around.

I agree we have a long hard fight ahead of us and looks pretty dim but once the Tea Party caucus gets going in D.C. it could change the "blood red" area we are in possibly more toward purple. Wishful thinking maybe but hey, got to have something to look forward too.

I also need to apologize to CA, Tuscaloosa for incorrectly stating he was from Calif., sorry CA. I new better.

Kinda hard to put the genie back in the bottle once you have uncorked it, isn't it?

Kevin,

Man get the F'k out of here. Liberals have been doing this kind of BS for years.

ITM,

Why don't YOU Leave, it is obvious that you are not happy here and ALL you seem to be able to do is TROLL, we do not need your simpleton BS here so scat!!

Why don't you frikken leave. You haven't been here but a minute and have the audacity to tell someone to leave. You sound like a little b***h. I'm a grown azz man.

Take your simple azz and play with someone else. You obviously are not ready for Prime Time. I play for keeps. Don't step to me foul anymore or I will put you on blast.

Oh, ho ho ho, I get to FINALLY meet the maggot, ITM the king of b!#&hassness himself!!!! How the frack you doin, punk? Let's get to brass tax, shall we?

The last time I checked, I haven't heard of Liberals going around town threatening the lives of duly elected officials, murdering abortion doctors, having militias and blowing up goverment buildings, denying a woman her right to do as she wishes with her body, coming up with racial profiling immigration laws, de-regulating Wall Street and the EPA, racking up so much debt that the taxpayer had to bail the "Big Boys" out, demanding to see a sitting president's birth certificate, scaring the shi'ite out of people stating that health care reform is going to kill their loved ones,and come up with some of the most racially heated items, caricatures, songs and literature to make ones head spin!

Maybe you haven't been paying attention to current events, but YOUR party has some serious issues when it comes to that!!

I have to wonder how does an African American who grew up during the Civil Rights Era, is a veteran like you "purport" to be, become a loathsome, self hating, self depreciating, sexist, surly, hypocritical human being who is WILLING to be brainwashed by Conservative Dogma. How much did they pay you to sell your morals, ethics, and your soul, I have got to know; OR, rather, what did you offer them.

And if you're going to say" How dare you say that to me, you don't know who I am", save it, because after I saw what lunacy you post here from day to day, it doesn't take much for me to dare anything from you, or any other Conservative Blogger who dare to come in to OUR house and try to run roughshod over here. Myself and the other Libs have out thought you on so many issues that I would've thought you would be dead tired from getting your ass handed to you.

So much the better.

ITM,

Go ahead and put me on blast, all you will do is shoot your mouth off and hit yourself in the foot!

I tried to treat you with respect for the person that you are, yet all you do is Troll and try to cause trouble here by insulting others. You are not a man, you are a small boy throwing tantrums that has learned NO manners whatsoever and need to be taught better.

You are a raving J@ck@ss and I do not have the time of day for you, so be gone and bother us no more.

B Honest,

Ask your mother about how much of a jackazz I am.

You and Kevin both are small time.

When you graduate to the BIg Time; Hollar at me, untl then kick rocks trick.

Kevin,

As far as you go; I'm not a stray dog that can be led around by a party that takes my vote for granted. A party that promises sh!t but never delivers, (ie...20% unemployment, teenage pregnancy, generation after generation of dependence on the government, etc.).

Man save the drama for yo' mama.

I vote for who is best for ME....You had better wake the F'k up and realize you are being played trick.

I treat a politician like a politician. MOST are WHITE in both parties and neither may have my best interest at heart but I won't vote for the one that is not doing sh!t in my district.

My district to where my family resides is close to camera queen Sheila Jackson-Lee's and I can tell you she hasn't done jack for that district besides embarrass them. The same jacked up streets, homes in poor repair, black folks living like it is still 1960 but yet keep voting her in.

My home is in Tom Delay's old district. There are more middle class blacks than anywhere else in the HOuston area, population has exploded, small towns have become small cities, etc.

I know where to put my money..hypothetically becaus e I will not contribute actual funds to NO POLITICIAN. That is just throwing money away.

So tell me, ITM, how does it feel to be neighbors of a soon to be convicted felon like Tom Delay? I'm sure he is a hell of a role model for your kids.

Tell me something, when was the last time ANY Republican went to an inner city for ANYTHING? When was the last time they have addressed any of their issues, ranging from the disparity in the justice system, healthcare, employment, and education? You mean to tell that just because they were against slavery and voted in favor of Civil Rights that it gives them carte blanche to continue ignoring us and/or say/ do what ever the hell they want. Sounds to me like YOU'RE the one that beholden to them. Personally, as R.Lee Ermey said in Full Metal Jacket TO PVT. "Cowboy", "I THINK YOU'VE BEEN CHEATED!!!!"

You STILL haven't answered my question: When have you ever heard of Liberal doing the following: Going around town threatening the lives of duly elected officials, murdering abortion doctors, having militias and blowing up goverment buildings, denying a woman her right to do as she wishes with her body, coming up with racial profiling immigration laws, de-regulating Wall Street and the EPA, racking up so much debt that the taxpayer had to bail the "Big Boys" out, demanding to see a sitting president's birth certificate, scaring the shi'ite out of people stating that health care reform is going to kill their loved ones,and come up with some of the most racially heated items, caricatures, songs and literature to make ones head spin!

AND AS FOR YOU STRAY DOG REMARK: YOU MOVE WHEN I TELL YOU TO, PUPPY!!!!

SEIU has used violence on conservative crowds a lot. and tell me what's actually good about the health care bill? When somethings free, there will be long lines. And things like medicare actually pay doctors squat and then leave the majority of paper work for them to fill out, thus raising administrative costs which private insurance absorbs the cost. More regulation doesn't mean good regulation. People like Barney Frank pushed the banks to give out no money down loans and then blame the banks. And no, they should have never been bailed out.

And notice, before the democrats took over house and senate in Bush's last two years, unemployment was under 5 %

Also Environmentalists denied farmers water to save the delta smelt. Big Government equals job losses.

jomama72: In their initial reports, Fox News ignored the possibility that the Breitbart clips had taken Sherrod out of context. The network's hosts demanded her resignation and claimed that her comments were "Exibit A" of "what racism looks like."

"What goes around comes back around". I wonder if Fox News will ever wake up and clean the sleep from their eyes and start holding the commentators of their talk shows accountable for the lies and half-truths that they deliver to the American public. It is a shame and should be a crime to deliver this type of commentary to innocent voters who are trying to make up their minds about the people they would like to lead this country. And then for them to brag about being "Fair and Balanced" and having the #1 news show of the networks is pathetic. That is being dishonest and they should have to pay in some fashion for all of the divisions that they have caused. The republicans are just as guilty because they fall for all of this coming from the likes of Hannity, Beck, Malkin, O'rielly, Limbaugh, Gingrich, Coulter, the whole of them.

Disgusting!!!

It might interest you to know that Glen Beck was critical of the USDA and other reports on this issue (implying the reports run throughout the day on the same station).

He claimed that Ms. Sherrod's comments were taken out of context. His point is that without access to the entire speech and with the conflicting information from the USDA and Ms. Sherrod, it was impossible to pass judgment. He contends she was wrongfully forced to resign.

How 'bout that?

This is how FOX works. When the MSM picks up the facts and immediately reports it (cheers to them today), FOX then attempts to make it appear that they had nothing to do with it. They were throwing accusations left and right last evening, today they have egg on their faces and deservedly so.

I am glad to see Glenn Beck behave reasonably but he would not be doing so today IF the truth about Andrew Breitbart's report had not received national mainstream news coverage mentioning that FOX broke the story on TV. That is the ONLY reason Glenn Beck made his comment, he had no choice.

Jody,

Fox did not create this story. This woman was on CNN. Brietbart stated he didn't have the whole speech.

MSNBC throw accusations and smear people daily and that is a fact even if you can't bring your liberal mind to believe it.

This is just another orchestrated attempt to go after FOX.

I absolutely loved it when the farmer and his wife took to the open mike last night and laid it out clear and simple, this woman did more to help them than anyone else ever had and had it not been for her efforts they would have lost a farm with more than 400 acres. I think the main thing to learn from this is that the American people are tired of half truthes (we kind of got burned on that weapons of mass destruction half truth that georgie peddled to us, don't ya know?). If you are going to spin part of an interview, speech, or activity you better be ready to show the whole thing cause lies and half truths are the dog that just won't hunt this election season. Perhaps the folks a fixed news and the teapartiers need to realize that.

Great guests???lol...That dude NEVER has anyone on there that disagrees with him.

He is a pompous azz. That is why he is not at ESPN anymore. No one could stand his azz.

I don't watch him because I know his angle already just from the company he keeps and from what I understand the 3 viewers he has.

Olbermann needs to kiss Bush's azz everyday fo without him there is no Olbermann or MSNBC.

Kind of like bekster should kiss the Clinton's, Gores, and Obama's, right? Cause without these folks to rant about he has absolutely nothing to do, and even with them he is pretty pathetic. Of course, being from someplace as out there as tx tells me all I need to know about you - poor thing, born with a silver foot in your mouth and brain washed too? you have my sincere sympathy.

I know some backwards azz neck from Tennessee is not attempting to crack on me......

Tenn......that explains it all.

BTW: I don't know jack about Beck, I do not listen to him because he is boring like most political shows.

Hey Jomama.. What she did was Racist 24 years ago . She admitted it herself in the clip.. Is it still Racism today. I say Yes.. do i think she should have been fired. NO.. but what she did was still a RACIST act

I have never heard one say that. . .. But i just heard you say it.

and jomama.. is you using the Term Teabaggers a Racist attitude because you think they are mostly White people.?

Steve, I am white and I am only using a term that the puke baggers have used from day one. If it bothers you then what you should do is start correcting the lies that your idiot, labour crushing riechwing, liars keep putting out. Remember there are a lot of us who support 2nd amend rights in triplicate..know what I mean.

jomamma:

I guess you didn't see the African American head of the tea party federation on T.V.

You just stated your feelings to which proves my point about Liberals. There are just as many of you that are bigots and racists as anyone else.

You have been working in Texas, well there you go...no wonder your post makes no sense!!!!

Her saying she didnt help the man cause he was White, was Racist. because she learned by what she did is not an excuse,

jomama72, it's hard to believe how evil people in this country can be. Target an African American for being racist. This way they can take the spotlight off themselves. Little does Breitbart know that by reporting this story, the real racists are front and center. And it's not Sherrod.

Why is it so hard for these grown adults to behave like grown adults? Why have they stopped growing intellectually? They're all acting like a bunch of privileged 17 years olds.

It's mind boggling. With the education system they have grown up with, it is evident that they've learned nothing about hate and its consequences. They have literally learned nothing. What a waste of lives.

Jomama - I think you're starting to repeat yourself.

Anyway, I don't watch Glenn Beck but his show was on when I was packing up my office for the day. I only heard part of it. I do know, though, that Ms. Sherrod was supposed to be on with Megan Kelly, but cancelled. So you are wrong to say she wasn't given a chance to tell her side of the story. I wonder who advised her to cancel.

I think everyone is guilty of judging people and issues before getting all of the facts. Happens all the time.

I am really, really, really sick of hearing race used as an excuse for EVERYTHING! It is sickening. There is nothing about the Tea Party itself that is defined by racism, as their tactics are no different than the tactics employed by Bush protestors....does that mean that those protesting against Bush were racist? Because there were people burning Bush in effigy and people holding signs depicting Bush with a Hitler mustache. Is it ok for one group of people to do it, but not ok for the other group of people to do it?

I never disagreed with people who felt it necessary to protest against Bush. I happen to be of the opinion that the existence of protestors is a symptom of a healthy democracy, since those people feel free to exercise their freedom of speech without fear of persecution.

I do, however, cringe at the insistence of those who believe that any protest against Obama derives from a person's racist tendencies. It's simply not true. There is nothing different about the nature of the protests when you look at Bush protestors and Obama protestors, and to insist otherwise is quite disingenuous.

So let me get this straight, Jill: You don't see a problem seeing people showing up at town hall meetings armed, calling for the death of the president, and all the effigies that have came out from the Tea Party?

Methinks you need to see the eye doc, and quick!!!

Exactly, Kevin. I don't remember another time that protesters showed up at Presidential events armed. You couldn't get into a Bush event if you had the wrong sticker on your car, and somehow, this is all right? In what world do these people inhabit?

Good points Newday DAWNING 10. I tried to go to several protests when georgie came to Nashville, heck they would not even let us on the same road he was on, and not one single person in our group came armed with anything but a sign. Of course, you have to remember, one thing that stays consistant about republicans, tea baggers and conservatives - something is only a sin if it offends them, they can do whatever they want but others have to play by strict rules. I'm quite tired of the one sidedness they shove on everyone else. I have a relative, spoiled rotten to the core, hates labor unions - sure is strange to me, because her father was a union railroad employee, my Dad, was a union iron worker (therefore I am really a Union Baby and have been all my life), and she did not hate the union money they spent to send her to school, pay for her wedding, or help buy her first house and car. typical of the spoiled rotten conservative crowd.

OK.... now I watch Fox over anything else (MSNBC is nothing but an arm of the Rgime) that being said they did what any other News channel would do. They worked as fast as they could to break a story faster than the rest.

That is the game..... But like O'Reilly said last night..... where are the networks news (NBC, ABC, CBS) on reporting on the NBPP or the Van Jones stories? Oh thats right....they were trying to cover them up so no one knew that the DOJ didnt want to prosecute a black organization for intimidation of white people (but whites are the ONLY racists right?) and that Jones is a Marxist and believes that Bush caused 9/11.

But hey Fox does something and its Katie bar the door we have to destroy them.

I hope Fox continues to go after the most corrupt Regime in the history of America...especially after he tried to have them black listed because they wont treat him as if he is God in flesh.

What a loser we have as President..... I cant wait till the day he is no longer in office..... then we can finally start fixing the mess he has created.

Union Baby: My alma mater in this town took a tough line with Cheney. The Cheney idiots wanted to use the campus for their event, and the college said "no dice unless it is open to ALL the public." Cheney and his ilk moved across town to a less selective institution. I remain proud of the stand my college took to this day.

Larry: When will you provide the citation I asked for on Jefferson or admit that there isn't one to be had? I realize that you are ignoring this question because you don't want to admit how wrong you are, but I am going to have to write an essay on Jefferson soon for First Read. Unless you want to man up and admit you are wrong. And here is a hint, Larry, if you have such a lack of knowledge about the Founding of this country, you could extrapolate from that you are equally wrong about the glories of Fox News. I would be ashamed to admit that I watched it.

Kevin, do me a favor and research George Bush protest signs. You'll find many of those signs calling for the death of Bush and you'll find some pictures of protestors burning Bush in effigy. Now, my point is that it can't be ok for one side, i.e., liberals, to protest in this manner against George Bush, but not ok for the other side, i.e., conservatives, to protest in this manner against Barack Obama. More importantly, if the language used in these protests is the same, how is one racist and the other not? Nobody will answer this question, and I suspect that they won't answer the question because it will destroy their ability to play their beloved race card. I find that sickening.

And here comes our rookie attorney Jill. Did you not study Logic for the LSAT? What happens when you start off with a false premise? Your assumption that Liberals thought outre signs about Bush were good, and that makes it okay for the "tea baggers" to have signs preaching sedition against Obama all right is juvenile. But help me with this part of it. I don't remember protesters bringing guns to Bush rallies. Do you?

Yet again, newdayDawning, the issue is side-stepped. My point is this: whether you think it's appropriate or not, the left protested Bush in much the same manner as the right is protesting Obama, i.e., hateful signs, depicting each respective leader as Hitler, etc. How is one racist and the other not? That's the question I posed that you (and everyone else on this blog) refuses to answer, and the reason that they do not answer is because the truth necessarily revokes the ability to use the race card as an excuse for anything and everything.

I appreciate the personal attack, though, newdayDawning. The utilization of personal attacks typically occur when someone has nothing else on which to fall back. I don't expect much more from posters on this blog, anyway.

Really, Jill, you are the expert on attacking others for their beliefs. And no, you justified whatever the Obama protesters want to do, based on signs posted at Bush rallies. May I remind you that people were escorted out of Bush rallies if they had a tee shirt on that did not espouse the party line. So, I ask again, did you study Logic for the LSAT and what did you learn about false premises?

Yet again, newdayDawning, you refuse to answer the question I posed and ended with a personal attack. Just to spice things up, you threw in a "but Bush" comment. So predictable.

I would really like for someone, anyone to answer the question I put forward. I am interested in reading people's thoughts (but less interested in the standard "but Bush" comments and personal attacks).

Poor Jilly, you lose again. If you admit that you know about false premises, you invalidate your comment. Which does nothing but make me laugh.

Jomama. Again. when She said. I didnt do all i could do for the man because he was White is a Racist Act.. And i am not White

While I realize that bias is what you base your "opinions" on Candice, Media Matters was started by a recovering right winger who got tired of being lied to. But, again, always happy to see you come out more honestly about your right wing beliefs. Doesn't surprise me in the least that you watch Glenn Beck.

Sorry Wade...but if you do any kind of research you would know Beck is always tilted on his views and downright wrong....he is striclty an entertainer...my own opinion is that he has mental problems...but then he is an alcoholic...and we all know the traits of an alcoholic...and boy does he ever possess them.. I cant believe any adult thinking person could even listen to this man...this man disses on the speaker of the house for tearing up while talking about a certain issue but Beck is always putting on the act of crying...he is a hypocrite of the worst kind. And it really tells me something about the people in this country when they even give Beck the time of day....scarey,,,,,really scarey.

LIndafromFlorida: you are, of course, exactly right. Voted.

Pat, Boston, Ma

And the Democrats/liberals have been Funded. BY THE RICHEST MEN in the world you know the likes of Bill Gates. Warren buffet, George Soros, what is your point about Rich people

Hi Steve. My point is that it's getting old to keep with the talking point that the teabaggers are a grassroots organization. They are not.

Think Progress. Another extreme liberal website.

Folks should broaden their horizons a bit.

Pat - I'm sure Wade appreciates your correcting his spelling.

I believe you meant to use the word "tea partiers." The term teabagger is derogatory, offensive and rude. See, we all make mistakes.

Please Name all these wealthiest people in the world that are funding the Tea party. Make sure you get it right and please list the wealth they command. The three Liberal/democrats i named Command well over 110 BILLION dollars

Candice, Bartlett, IL

Think Progress. Another extreme liberal website.

Candice, Think Progress is actually a pretty solid site - the writing is comprehensive and the information is verifiable. Do you consider Think Progress to be "extreme liberal" because they post actual links to document the information they post or reference? Whether they're "exteme liberal" or "extreme conservative" - if they post verifiable facts, what's the problem? Facts are facts.

Sounds like maybe you should heed your own advice and "broaden your [sic] horizons" a bit.

Not fooled,

The stories I see on Think Progress lean decidedly left with heavy use of adjectives designed to skew a story and bash conservatives. You cannot deny it is a liberal site with a political agenda.The facts they choose may be verifiable but many facts seem to be conveniently omitted.

So, read Think Progress, watch Olbermann (I can't do it because he's too angry and negative), listen to the radio once in awhile and take a peek at Fox on occasion. Gather the various points of view, a fact here and there, and make your own opinion. Broaden your horizons.

You can't provide them thats why you wont.. Your Vitrol hatred for anyone that is rich but only if they are Republicans is the problem, .. You just like to spew hate without any real Evidence of what you say . Then when someone challenges you you resort to name calling. Go figure . the usual Left wing Response

Jomama.. al you have done us spew hatred .. you have zero to add and are mad that the man that you voted for president is such a Failure. Get over it.. I will see you in Washington on 8/28.. Care to bet who shows up in bigger numbers.. then we will also see just which side leaves the biggest Mess on the Grounds they occupy. My guess is the people that go out to see Beck will Throw their Trash in the Garbage Can. Those on the left will just throw it on the Ground...

According to the full video, Shirley Sherrod was telling a story to attendees about how she came to realize that her job was helping poor people, not black or white or hispanic people, but poor people. The white farmer was what taught her that poor is poor. She did help the white farmer, she found another lawyer for them after the first one was no help and did other things. That white couple was shown on TV defending Ms Sherrod and saying that without her, they would have lost their farm--they remain friends.

It is so frustrating that people like Breitbart, and those on FOX who eagerly reported the story, feel they can get away with destroying other people's lives, innocent people who have done nothing to hurt them.

Hi, Leon.

I quit watching Olbermann during the Bush administration when he started his rants and his ratings went up. I can't deal with that kind of negativity. He looked like his head was going to explode which was distracting me from what he was actually saying....which of course I disagreed with wholeheartedly. Don't remember when I quit watching Hardball. Quit listening to Hannity during Teri Schiavo. I had acquaintances that worshipped the guy ---very scary. I thought Beck was sort of interesting at first, but haven't actually watched him in awhile because he goes over the edge. It just turns out that they're all crazy, Leon!

So, my t.v. is tuned to Bloomberg at work, occasionally a ball game, but I confess I flip over to Fox. They have Democrats and Republicans on the split screens- usually shouting their respective talking points over each other, which gets very old too. Yeah, you have to verify everything you read or see.

Truthfully, I'd rather tune into old "I Love Lucy's".

There's a radio show on Sunday nights called Beyond the Beltway. The moderator is very neutral. It's a round table of all sides and is calm, and thoughtful and interesting to hear different views. Kind of what this board should be.

I thought about our talk too the next day. It's just that if there's so many books and articles and facts out there, I have to figure they're not backed up by concrete evidence, otherwise action would be taken.

Yes, we need to get these conflicts resolved and get our kids home. As it is now - they are there. It is what it is, and we need to support them. I don't get the billions (or was it millions) to Pakistan either especially when folks here are struggling.

Someone on here a while ago suggested that the banks should have been made to pay back the TARP money only with profits they made from new lending. I thought that was an excellent idea. I was talking to some business owners today and they said banks are still tight and that's keeping them from investing and expanding. Plus they're concerned about taxes going up.

We probably agree more on health care than anything else. I don't know about nationalizing though. Don't have too much confidence in that.

Good to hear from you!

This lady was working in public office. Palin doesn't work in a public office and you and your ilk smear her daily. Should she sue? Briebart runs a private website, I don't think he will fire himself.

Hannity, O'Reilly, etc. get paid for THEIR OPINION. Just as your beloved Olbermann, Maddow, and the rest of those MSNBC f..........s

ITM: This woman was fired. And she shouldn't have been. I read the Obama Admin. is reviewing this now, as we speak. The NAACP has apologized to her.

None of this was even remotely necessary.

I don't find Keith and Rachel's programs to be "opinion" really. I see them more as cleaning up the **** at the end of each day left over by the right.

I agree!

Exactly Pat, and we both know it takes a long time to clean up all that elephant poop everytime the circus leaves town - we will be cleaning up after bush when my grandchildren are grown.